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Author:

Gu, Xin

Title:

CHARACTERIZING STRUCTURE AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF SHALE PORES BY NEUTRON SCATTERING

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

neutron scattering
shale
weathering
microfracture
porosity
Marcellus shale

File:

Download PS-Thesis-Xin_20171105.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan L. Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan L. Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter J. Heaney, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Jason Kaye, Outside Member

Author:

Fortiz, Victoria

Title:

OCEANIC ANOXIA EVENT 2 (93.9 MA) IN THE U.S. WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY: HIGH RESOLUTION CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSIL RECORD OF THE TROPIC SHALE FORMATION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

OAE2; Calcareous nannofossils; Paleoclimate; Paleoceanography

File:

Download VF_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy J. Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Michael A. Arthur, Committee Member

Author:

Ortiz, Kameron Jordan

Title:

P and S Body Wave Tomography of Southern Africa

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Seismology
Tomography
Crust
Mantle
Southern Africa

File:

Download Kameron_Ortiz_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member

Author:

Jimenez, Martin Matthew

Title:

CONTROLS ON SANDSTONE DITRIBUTIONS AND CONNECTIVITY IN THE SHALLOW-MARINE FOX HILLS SANDSTONE AND LANCE FORMATION (UPPER CRETACEOUS, GREAT DIVIDE BASIN, WYOMING, USA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Sequence Stratigraphy
Mixed-Process Variability
Shallow-marine
Sandbody Continuity

File:

Download Jimenez_Martin_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth A. Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Arthur, Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Valdez, Robert Dennis

Title:

MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF MAJOR PLATE BOUNDARY FAULT SYSTEMS: INSIGHTS INTO THE STRESS STATE OF THE NANKAI SUBDUCTION-ACCRETION COMPLEX OFFSHORE SW JAPAN AND SLIP STABILITY OF THE ALPINE FAULT ZONE IN NEW ZEALAND

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Consolidation state
Nankai Trough
In situ stress state
Friction
Slip stability
Scientific drilling
Alpine Fault
Accretionary prism
Rate and state friction

File:

Download RD_Valdez_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Outside Member

Author:

Andrews, Elizabeth Marie

Title:

Lithium isotopes in carbonate-rich marine sections: implications for diagenesis, authigenic clay formation, and the global lithium cycle

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Lithium Isotopes
Authigenic Clay Formation
Diagenesis
Carbonates

File:

Download EAndrews_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew S Fantle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member

Author:

Pourpoint, Maeva

Title:

LITHOSPHERIC AND GLACIAL STRUCTURES FROM SEISMIC WAVE ANALYSIS IN GREENLAND AND ANTARCTICA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Surface wave tomography
Greenland
Icequakes
Byrd glacier
Antarctica

File:

Download MaevaPourpoint_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles A. Ammon, Committee Member
Richard B. Alley, Committee Member
Parisa Shokouki, Outside Member

Author:

Roop-Eckart, Kenneth Joel

Title:

Analysis of Mixed Distribution Statistical Flood Frequency Models and Implications for Dam Safety Assessments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

mixed distributions
dam
safety
risk analysis
flood frequency
two population

File:

Download kjr_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Klaus Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Committee Member
Tess Alethea Russo, Committee Member
Christopher Duffy, Committee Member

Author:

Schwans, Emily

Title:

Dependence of Thwaites Glacier Stability on Bed Character

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Glaciology
Mathematical Modeling
Antarctica
Thwaites Glacier
Ice Sheet
Ice Sheet System Model
Numerical Modeling
Ice Flow
Sea Level Rise
Rheology
Glacier Stability

File:

Download Schwans_Thesis_reformatted.pdf

Committee Members:

Byron Parizek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member

Author:

Madara, Benjamin James

Title:

Laboratory Studies of Permeability Evolution: Roles of Fracture, Shear, Dynamic Stressing, and Reservoir Rock Properties

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

permeability evolution
permeability
dynamic stressing
fracture
shear
permeability enhancement

File:

Download Dissertation_Madara.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member